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Negation Expressing Actions Negation In Spanish the word no is placed before the conjugated verb to make a negative sentence. Its English equivalent is not. El estudiante no habla español. The student does not speak Spanish. No, no necesito dinero. No, I don’t need money. 3

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Asking Yes/No Questions (Part 1) Getting Information Asking Yes/No Questions (Part 1) A common way to form yes/no questions in Spanish is simply to make your voice rise at the end of the question. STATEMENT: Ud. trabaja aquí todos los días. You work here every day. Arturo regresa a casa hoy. Arturo is returning home today. QUESTION: ¿Ud. trabaja aquí todos los días? Do you work here every day? ¿Arturo regresa a casa hoy? Is Arturo returning home today? There is no Spanish equivalent to English do or does in questions. Note also the use of an inverted question mark (¿) at the beginning of a question. OJOOJO Rising Intonation 4

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Asking Yes/No Questions (Part 2) Getting Information Asking Yes/No Questions (Part 2) Another way to form yes/no questions is to invert the order of the subject and verb, in addition to making your voice rise at the end of the question. STATEMENT: Ud. trabaja aquí todos los días. QUESTION: ¿Trabaja Ud. aquí todos los días? STATEMENT: Arturo regresa a casa hoy. QUESTION: ¿Regresa Arturo a casa hoy? Inversion 4